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“Wolf Boys” by Dan Slater was a suspenseful book about two American boys (Gabriel Cardona and Rosalio Reta) who got recruited into the Las Zetas, a Mexican crime syndicate. The boys’ story takes place in Laredo Texas, a border town where in the early 2000s there was much gang violence for control of towns and trade routes. There is travel between Mexico and the states depending on the Wolf Boys’ (name for Los Zetas killers) mission or job that they are assigned. Most of the fighting was in Mexic
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Set along the outskirts of the Mexican Border, Wolf Boys tells the story of two potent figures whose paths come to overlap. Meet Gabriel Cardona, a talented teenage boy who throws away his potential in pursuit of the cartel business. Within the blink of an eye, Gabriel finds himself smuggling drugs and joining the Zetas, an infamous drug cartel. With crime on the rise, Mexican-born Detective Robert Garcia begins to make his presence known. A tenacious military veteran, Robert works vigorously to
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Wolf Boys explores the world of Mexican drug cartels through the lens of Gabe Cardona, an American boy who chased a life he wasn't prepared for, Wolf Boys offers humor and a great story about the perils of the drug trade.
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Wolf boys is a book about two teens in a drug cartel, and it's very engaging because it is kids our age who are very ambitious and brave.
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